464 AUSTRALIAN CULICID^, 1., 



and one-half its own length distant from it. Halteres creamy- 

 yellow. 



Lengthy 4 mm. 



Hah. — Milson Island, Hawkesbiiry River, N.S.W, 

 Described from specimens taken by Drs. Ferguson and Cleland. 

 It is a very handsome and well defined species. 



CuLEX FATIGANS Wiedeman. 



Aussereurop. zweiflug. Insecten, p.lO (1828); Theobald, Mon. 

 Culicid., i, p.l51(1901). 



Hah. — Casino, Tabulam, Milson Island, N.S.W. (Dr. Ferguson); 

 Toorak, Yictoria(Dr. Cumpston). 



CuLEX OCCIDENTALIS Skuse. 



(PL xxxvii., figs.16-17.) 



Proc. Linn. 8oc. N. S. Wales, (2), iii., p.l729( 1888); Theobald, 

 iVJon. Culicid., i., p.419(1901); Taylor, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. 

 Wales, xxxviii., p.756(1914). 



Hah. — Sydney, Yerranderie, The Oaks, Milson Island, N.S.W. 

 (Dr. Ferguson); Eidsvold, Queensland (Dr. Bancroft). 



Dr. Bancroft has recently sent me a series of a variety of this 

 species, in which the hind spical tarsus is pure white. It con- 

 forms with typical specimens in other details. 



CuLEX TiGRiPES Grandpre et Charmoy. 

 (PI. xxxvii., Hg.l8.) 

 Les Monst. (Planters' Gaz. Press) 1900; Theobald, Mon. Culi- 

 cid., ii., p.34(1901). 



i/a6.— Rydalmere, N.S.W. (Dr. Ferguson). 



CuLEX SITIENS Wied. 



Aussereurop. zweifiiig. Ins., i., p. 543 (1828); Culex annuli- 

 rostris Skuse, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, (2), iii., p. 17 37(1 888); 

 Theobald, Mon. Culicid., i., p.360(1901); Edwards, Bull. Ent. 

 Research, iv., p. 232 (1913). 



Hah. — Kerema, Lese, Papua (Dr. Breinl). 



I have examined a long series of C. annulirostris Skuse, from 

 various localities, and have found specimens which exactly agree 

 with Theobald's description of C. sitiens Wied. 



